Hi everyone,
I'm trying to make a sweater for my niece using pattern 12 in the winter
01/02 issue of Vogue Magazine. It's an Oscar de la renta pattern using a gold yarn. The original yarn called for is Berrocco's Metallica (now called Brilliant FX). I couldn't get that yarn, but found Patton's Brilliant instead. The original gauge for the Metallica is 22 stitches to 4 inches on Size 8 US (5mm) - according to Yarndex. Brilliant is 24 stitches to 4" on size 5 needles. The pattern calls for a gauge - in cable pattern of 38 stitches and 38 rows. (The sweater is 6 stitch cable and border repeated over and over again. I worked up a swatch with the brilliant, but I had to go down to a size 2 needle to get close! (I'm generally pretty close when working with gauges and I've been knitting for decades!) I'm just about at wit's end, because I can't believe that the yarns are that different. They're both labeled with the "4" symbol in yarn weights.I'd really appreciate any ideas. This is the sweater my niece picked out and has been waiting for very patiently.
Thanks everyone, and very happy holidays.
Susie